#B2552E#B2552E

#B2552E is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 55.8% C 0.132 H 42.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B2552E
RGB	rgb(178, 85, 46)
HSL	hsl(18, 59%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(18, 74%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.2%, 74.2%, 30.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.19, 35.12, 39.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.19, 52.92, 48.42°)
OKLab	oklab(55.79% 0.0981 0.0886)
OKLCH	oklch(55.79% 0.132 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1039, 16.1620, 4.5398)
Luminance	0.1616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B2552E #2E8BB2

analogous

#B22E49 #B2552E #B2972E

triadic

#B2552E #2EB255 #552EB2

tetradic

#B2552E #49B22E #2E8BB2 #972EB2

square

#B2552E #49B22E #2E8BB2 #972EB2

split-complementary

#B2552E #2EB297 #2E49B2

monochromatic

#512715 #813E21 #B2552E #D1744C #DD997D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#B2552E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.23

#B2552E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #B2552E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B2552E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##B2552E	1.00	4.96	4.23	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6F6329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85782C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C3424C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b2552e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(178, 85, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.8% 0.132 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d08769',
    500: '#b2552e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b2552e;
$custom-light: #d08769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b2552e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 178,
    "g": 85,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.727,
    "s": 58.929,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55789,
    "c": 0.13224,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B2552E

secondary

#76AEC6

accent

#B4E246

background

#FDF8F6

surface

#FBF0EB

border

#D4CBC6

text

#150B06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #B2552E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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